Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Aaron Eckhart Studio: Fox Rating: 8/10 THE STORY: Jason Reitman has learned well. The son of director-producer Ivan Reitman (STRIPES, GHOSTBUSTERS) makes a strong impact with his debut feature film, the hysterical THANK YOU FOR SMOKING. Based on the wry novel by Christopher Buckley, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING is set in the fascinating world…

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley Studio: Weinstein Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: It all starts with a horse. Then an innocent man is mistaken for someone who owes money to a bookie. And when Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis), the most notorious assassin around, blows into town, everyone knows something big is about to burst.…

Cast: Patrick Dempsey Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 4/10 THE STORY: For viewers bored or distressed by the constant gore and breakneck speed of hospital dramas like ER, GREY’S ANATOMY comes as a breath of fresh air. Unlike other shows set in the world of medicine, this series is just as concerned with its characters’ personal…

Cast: Jared Padalecki Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7.5/10 THE STORY: Bound by tragedy and blood to a dangerous, otherworldly mission, two brothers travel in mysterious back roads of the country in their ’67 Chevy Impala, searching for their missing father–and hunting down every evil supernatural force they encounter along the way. Bring home all 22…

Cast: Kevin McKidd Studio: HBO Rating: 8.5/10 THE STORY: The series begins in 52 BC, as Gaius Julius Caesar completes his conquest of Gaul after eight years of war, and prepares to return with his army to Rome. While Caesar’s self-interested niece Atia and long-lost paramour Servilia anxiously await the general’s return, ruling patricians despair…

Cast: Matthew Fox Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 8/10 THE STORY: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Push the button and prepare to be blown away by the groundbreaking television event USA Today calls “TV’s best series.” The multiple Emmy® Award-winning drama reaches new heights in its spectacular second season as the survivors of Oceanic Flight…

Cast: John Belushi Studio: Universal Rating: 8/10 THE STORY: One of the most popular movie comedies of all time is also the film that made John Belushi a star. This raunchy, screwball comedy, directed with madcap zest by John Landis, offers a relentless spoof of 1960’s college life by following the hilarious adventures of the…

Cast: Jim Henson Studio: HIT Rating: 7/10 THE STORY: Beginning September 5th, save your worries for another day, as The Jim Henson Company, HIT Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment present more Fraggly fun with the all-new DVD release of the Fraggle Rock Complete Second Season. Available in a rockin’ five-disc box set, this…

Cast: Stellan Skarsgard Studio: Union Station Rating: 6.5/10 THE STORY: Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster, Grendel, is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh…

Cast: David Alan Bashe Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Supremacy) writes and directs an unflinching drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Airlines Flight 93 became the…